Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 371 Midnight
It's no wonder that Guzheng mistook the phone for a real phone.

Han Zhou and Zhong Ling's phones were matching couple phones they got from an event during the summer vacation. Apart from slight differences in the patterns on the back, the two phones looked exactly the same.

Furthermore, since both of them were using the same transparent phone case and were quite satisfied with their initial screensavers, they had never changed them. Therefore, let alone Guzheng, even if Han Zhou and Zhong Ling themselves came, they might not be able to immediately recognize each other's phones without unlocking them.

That's why Gu Zheng never imagined that she would mistake Zhong Ling's phone for Han Zhou's phone. She left Han Zhou's room in a daze, and even as she left the room, she was still thinking about the message she had just seen.

"My lower back is a little sore, could you give my sister a massage tonight?"

Compared to Mo Yixia, Gu Zheng was practically a blank slate when it came to matters between men and women, so she didn't have much of an association with the word "massage." She just couldn't understand why Sister Yin wanted Han Zhou to come to her room at night.

In her understanding, this was clearly a secret rendezvous in the middle of the night, which was highly suspicious.

Moreover, the term "sister" was far too ambiguous. Although "Sister Yin" and "sister" differ by only one character, their meanings are vastly different, especially in this context. This made her, who was already somewhat on edge because of Mo Yixia, feel very uncomfortable.

But speaking of which, isn't Sister Yin sleeping with her senior tonight?
So if Han Zhou really did go to give Yin Jie a massage tonight, then it definitely wouldn't be hidden from her, and she would never allow Han Zhou and Yin Jie to do anything inappropriate. So I guess I'm overthinking it. It's just a normal massage...

certainly not!
How is that possible!
Even if Han Zhou really knows how to massage, he has to massage me first!

Gu Zheng tried to comfort herself, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. She gritted her teeth and was about to go find Sister Yin to ask her clearly when she saw Zhong Ling walking over from not far away. She smiled and waved from afar.

Zhong Ling's smile was quite healing, and Gu Zheng felt a little better. She tried to smile back, but she just couldn't manage it. As if sensing her odd behavior, Zhong Ling immediately ran over, tilted her head slightly, and looked worried, as if asking her what was wrong.

"Don't worry, senior, I'm fine."

Gu Zheng forced a smile. She couldn't very well tell the other person that her sister had invited Han Zhou to give her a massage that night. Of course, it would be best if her senior knew about it and could clear up the misunderstanding, but if her senior knew nothing about it, then not only herself, but her senior would also be greatly affected.

She knew very well that Sister Yin held a very important place in her senior's heart.

With this in mind, Guzheng put aside all distractions and decided not to tell anyone about it, but to find out the truth on her own.

She decided not to sleep tonight and would surprise Han Zhou in his room late at night—if he was still there, it would mean the information she had just seen was just a misunderstanding, but if he wasn't in the room...

Gu Zheng took a deep breath.

That guy named Mo Yixia made a very good point: perhaps my aggression is really too low.

Thinking of her domineering mother and her once passionate but now devoted father, she suddenly began to understand why there were so many broken wooden sticks in the house.

Zhong Ling was startled by the terrifying smile that Gu Zheng suddenly revealed. She quickly asked Gu Zheng about her condition again, but Gu Zheng still smiled and said that nothing was wrong, and returned to her room.

Zhong Ling looked worried and decided to tell her junior about the guzheng's condition later so that he could handle it. Then she quickly went to Han Zhou's room.

She was in such a hurry when she delivered the towel to Han Zhou that she accidentally left her phone in his room, and now she has to go get it back.

It seemed that someone else had been in the junior's room; the blankets on the bed were all messed up. She tidied them up carefully and soon found her phone on the bedside table. She picked it up and went back to her sister's room.

She's sleeping with her sister tonight. "Little Silver, you're back."

Upon seeing Zhong Ling enter the room, Zhong Yin, who was drying her hair, invited her to sit down and said with a gentle smile, "My back is a little sore. Could you give me a massage later? I'll massage you too."

"Okay, I'll help my sister blow-dry her hair first."

Zhong Ling smiled and nodded, put her phone on the table, walked to the dressing table, took the hair dryer, and carefully dried Zhong Yin's hair.

When Han Zhou finished showering and left the bathroom, all the room doors in the corridor were already closed. It was already 11 p.m., and it seemed that everyone was getting ready to go to sleep.

Didn't we agree to wait for the weather forecast tonight together...?

He chuckled to himself, not caring much, and dimmed the corridor lights before yawning and returning to his room.

……

To keep herself from falling asleep while waiting, Guzheng sat on the bed for a full hour. When she got really sleepy, she pinched her thigh hard. Regardless of whether there were really ghosts outside the villa, she went to the window several times and stuck her head out to check whether the lights in the other rooms were off in the heavy rain.

To prevent Han Zhou from using the same trick to guard against her, she turned off the lights early and only used her phone's flashlight for illumination.

At midnight, seeing that all the rooms were already dark, she still didn't rush out, but decided to wait patiently for a while longer.

The torrential rain continued unabated, showing no signs of stopping.

Gu Zheng had no idea that while she was frequently peeking out the window, the director in the neighboring villa, who had just finished filming, was in the bathroom and witnessed the terrifying sight of "a glowing head appearing and disappearing in mid-air"—this was his account after he fled back to the living room in a disheveled state.

Faced with the director's unbelievable account of what he had seen, Xiaoliu cautiously suggested that the director might have made a mistake, but the next second he was severely criticized by the director, who said that although he wore glasses, his eyesight was definitely not bad and it was impossible for him to have made a mistake.

Xiaoliu then pointed out that since someone lived in the villa next door, maybe someone was sticking their head out of the window with a flashlight, making it look like a glowing head. But before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted again by the director, who loudly scolded her for being brainless. He said that with the rain pouring down outside, how could a normal person stick their head out of the window and get soaked again and again? Did he think she was as stupid as him?
Xiao Liu was scolded so badly that she lowered her head and dared not say another word.

Fortunately, with a whispered hint from her assistant, she finally realized what she was seeing and humbly asked the director what exactly she had seen.

The director was indeed satisfied. Under the watchful eyes of the entire crew, he solemnly uttered a terrifying word in a very grave tone—

ghost!
Whether it was psychological or not, the crew members actually felt a chill run down their spines as the lightning and thunder roared outside the window.

The director was very satisfied with everyone's reaction. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and solemnly announced in front of everyone that if the movie he was making was a big hit, he would use today's experience as inspiration to contribute another good movie to the domestic horror genre!

He smiled and waited silently for everyone's reaction.

However, he was not met with thunderous applause, but with terrified faces.

(End of this chapter)